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Thursday, February 23, 2006

Thursday, February 23, 2006

A great date in Grammy history...

February 23rd will go down as one of the most memorable in Grammy history with multiple awards won by the Eagles,Toto, Carlos Santana and Norah Jones as outlined below by year:

1978) "Record of the Year": The Eagles for "Hotel California", "Song of the Year": Barbra Streisand and Eagles (tie) for "Love Theme from A Star is Born (Evergreen)"/"Hotel California", "LP of year":Fleetwood Mac for "Rumours" and "Best New Artist": Debby Boone...

1983) "Record of the Year": Toto for "Roseanna", "Song of the Year": "Always on my Mind", "LP of the Year": "Toto IV" and "Best New Artist": Men at Work...

2000) "Record and Song of the Year": Santana for "Smooth" (with Rob Thomas), "LP of the Year": Santana for "Supernatural" and Christina Aguilera for "Best New Artist"...

2003) "Record and Song of the Year": Norah Jones for "Don't Know Why", "LP of the Year": Norah Jones for "Come Away With Me" and Norah Jones for "Best New Artist"...

Santana won 8 Grammy Awards on this night in 2000, tying the record set by Michael Jackson in 1983...

And this night in 2003 belonged to Norah Jones who walked away with 5 Grammy's, tying the record for a female artist held by Lauryn Hill and Alicia Keys and since tied by Beyonce...

1905) The Rotary Club is founded in Chicago by Attorney Paul Harris and 3 others...

1927) Stand up and salute !!! The Federal Radio Commission begins assigning frequencies, hours of operation and power allocations for radio broadcasters. On July 1, 1934 the name will be changed to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...

1940) Walt Disney's animated classic "Pinocchio" is released...

1945) U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima capture Mount Suribachi and plant the American flag in a moment captured for generations to come in the Pulitzer Prize winning photo by AP photographer Joe Rosenthal...

1959) Lloyd Price is #1 with "Stagger Lee" (the song is based on an old folk song, "Stack-O-Lee" about the tragic fate of 2 gamblers)...

1960) Millions mourn in Brooklyn as the wrecking ball begins the demolition of Ebbets Field, the home of the Dodgers from 1913 to 1957...

1983) Junior running back Herschel Walker of Georgia becomes the highest paid player in football history at the time when he signs a $1.5 million a year contract with Donald Trump's New Jersey Generals of the USFL...

1985) Indiana University basketball coach Bobby Knight, angered by officials, flings a chair across the basketball court. Bobby is ejected from the game against Purdue (ho-hum, what else is new ?)...

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Mel Phillips Now & Then is more Now. The Then always follows the Now. Prior to starting 'Remembers' in 2005 and 'Now & Then' on April 7, 2008 I enjoyed a multi-media career which included being one of the Bill Drake program directors. I was involved in the programming of such legendary stations as WOR-FM, WXLO-FM, WNBC, WRKO AM & FM and KQV. I was also General Manager of Hooper Radio, played disc jockey in markets such as Tampa, Nashville, Norfolk and Atlantic City and enjoyed marketing success in syndicated radio for several companies including ABC, MJI and United Stations. My background also includes the music business where I promoted such diverse CBS acts as The Clash, Gloria Estefan, Loverboy, Judas Priest, George Michael & Julio Iglesias. In Special Programming at WCBS-FM I wrote and produced numerous specials and interviewed some of the biggest recording stars. In addition to this post I'm a regular contributor to Radio Daily News. My wife Diane and I reside on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and I'm very proud of my children, Robert Phillips, Lynn Phillips Brough and granddaughters Allyson and Amy...